* IF Text Club has a [March discussion](https://www.imzy.com/if/post/text_club_discussion_march_2017_midnight_swordfigh) on 'Midnight. Swordfight.', 'Secret Agent Cinder' and 'Magical Makeover' * Spring Thing festival [needs a few helping hands.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21697&p=119530#p119530) It opens next week. ## Tools and platforms * Thunderworld Android app got a [webserver update.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21635&p=119482#p119482) You can use a desktop computer as a remote keyboard now. * Gargoyle has a [new MacOS build.](http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=21701) Testers are welcome. * *Leon Nicholls* from Google [explains how to port Gargoyle to Google Assistant.](https://medium.com/@leonnicholls/interactive-fiction-actions-part-1-ca022b4d088d) You'll be able to play verbally and listen to the game, but you'll have to package it yourself first. ## Random Jonathan Coulton has a music video in IF style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvVNxqosZ7s ## New games * [Time to Feed](https://sub-q.com/play-time-feed/) is a new game by *Sharang Biswas*, published in Sub-Q magazine. * [House Taken Over](https://facundoolano.github.io/house-taken) is a text adventure by *facundoolano* based on the story by Julio Cortázar. * [The Eagle's Heir](https://www.choiceofgames.com/2017/03/the-eagles-heir-defend-the-heir-of-napoleons-steampunk-france/) is a new *Choice of Games* title by *Jo Graham* and *Amy Griswold*. > Defend Napoleon’s heir in this steampunk alternate history game of political maneuvering, airship adventure, and romantic intrigue! Will you bring liberty to France, or plunge Europe into bloody war? #### Textadventures.co.uk * [“Fish and Chip di Adriano Ziffer (27/03/2017)”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/yfsufzpegei67pd6oeynlg/fish-and-chip-di-adriano-ziffer-27-03-2017) by *Siddone* * [“The Perils of Penelope”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/gjpkv4nb70g04o0_9rv2iw/the-perils-of-penelope) by *Peregrine Wade* * [“Kill Switch”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/xs8m4fd6o0eptrddfgf2ga/kill-switch) by *dude13579* > Kill Switch is a game where you investigate this red house that nobody seems to go in. There are rumors that this house contains a "Kill Switch," which is said to destroy the world when used. It's up to you to find it. * [“How Well Do You Know World War One?”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/hslcdmnmo02m6qvgphqlsa/how-well-do-you-know-world-war-one) by *Caryus Pak* * [“Can You Successfully Reenter without Revocation?”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/bdcp0xyb5us5eclqyhbcha/can-you-successfully-reenter-without-revocation) by *jklein4387* * [“When life gives you lemons”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/q7rmqqilz0u6gndrnyv7pw/when-life-gives-you-lemons) by *ShevinR* * [“A Day in the Life”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/djglmokgyeses0bom6c4wa/a-day-in-the-life) by *maize* * [“Borders”](http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/sk3pijxwrkw1puvqunrk3g/borders) by *ckhaw* #### IFDB * [“The Train”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=2shn3wfk4nfv7ohr) by *Ivan Chuang* > Re-playable story about destiny. * [“Der unsägliche und vermeidbare Tod des Matthias Claudius”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nnfwx430zad2k99z) by *Christian Holmok* > **Eine Geschichte über das Leben, das Sterben und das, was dazwischen liegen könnte.** ... * [“Don't Go In The Old Greene House”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nwor8wdds7vglfu) by *Laura Knetzger* > "(Content warning: contains depictions of abuse, neglect, suicide, blood, body horror.) A short video game I wrote, coded, and drew. Created with Twine. You play as Lisa, a teenager who must spend an hour in... * [“Backslash Mountain”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=pqa6td41fhru6jk) by *fortis* > This game has nothing to do with mountains. Or backslashes. This is a stupid game I made on Twine. Will you be a wizard attempting to sell hand lotion to a ravishing dinosaur? Will you be a Roomba, plotting... * [“Seedship”](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=d8vc24jntql44fe) by *John Ayliff* > An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race. #### Itch.io * [“Snail Party”](https://manstersoft.itch.io/snail-party) by *MansterSoft* * [“Egress”](https://thealeks.itch.io/egress) by *Aleks Samoylov* > Finally, you are perfect... * [“The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak”](https://manstersoft.itch.io/poopy-pak) by *MansterSoft* > Four Poopy Games in One Poopy Pack! * [“Commander”](https://nathaniel-holle.itch.io/commander) by *Nathaniel* > You are a senior military officer of Cinethra * [“Gulam”](https://aracade.itch.io/gulam) by *Aracade* > A visual novel about a girl, a pig and a book (Nanoreno 2017) * [“Seedship”](https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship) by *John Ayliff* * [“Aisles of Odyssey”](https://garygreen.itch.io/aisles-of-odyssey) by *garygreen* > Toni Basil stars as Odysseus & she's shopping from A to Z * [“The Train”](https://herringblue.itch.io/the-train) by *herringblue* > a date, a drink, a way back home * [“Journey to the Northwest”](https://keightdee.itch.io/journey-to-the-northwest) by *keightdee* > Two sisters on a journey. * [“Backslash Mountain”](https://fortis.itch.io/backslashmountain) by *fortis* > A Stupid Twine Adventure * [“CharTrek-TFO alpha”](https://zonemaster.itch.io/chartrek-tfo-alpha) by *zonemaster* > An ASCII/Text style 'Star Trek-like' combat simulator * [“Jeremy Ducatt and the Saturday Prison”](https://benschiffler.itch.io/prison-game) by *benschiffler* > A short text adventure game about dreams and prisons. * [“Supposedly Wonderful Future”](https://gamblingdostoevsky.itch.io/supposedly-wonderful-future) by *gamblingDostoevsky* > A science fiction story about screens, small rooms, and existential dread * [“Oogle Quest”](https://rattuspuer.itch.io/oogle-quest) by *Rattuspuer* > My take on the Prison narrative text adventure: "tomorrow I will stop drinking got 17 cents for a beer man" * [“Commander”](https://nathaniel-holle.itch.io/commander) by *Nathaniel* > You are a senior military officer of Cinethra * [“Aisles of Odyssey”](https://garygreen.itch.io/aisles-of-odyssey) by *garygreen* > Toni Basil stars as Odysseus & she's shopping from A to Z * [“Firecrackers Sound Like”](https://jehmbo.itch.io/firecrackers-sound-like) by *jehmbo* > a poem. a controlled detonation * [“Hyperion's Wake”](https://benjaminhorak.itch.io/hyperions-wake) by *Benjamin* > Love, ambition, sea monsters and algae! * [“The Train”](https://herringblue.itch.io/the-train) by *herringblue* > a date, a drink, a way back home * [“Medieval Chef”](https://omercagdir.itch.io/medieval-chef) by *omercagdir* > A short drag&drop game with different endings based on your cooking decisions. * [“Backslash Mountain”](https://fortis.itch.io/backslashmountain) by *fortis* > A Stupid Twine Adventure * [“What Can I Get You?”](https://kait_zilla.itch.io/what-can-i-get-you) by *Kaitlin Tremblay* > A food game anthology. * [“Supposedly Wonderful Future”](https://gamblingdostoevsky.itch.io/supposedly-wonderful-future) by *gamblingDostoevsky* > A science fiction story about screens, small rooms, and existential dread